Editor’s note: This is in response to the Daily Lobo’s decision to censor its Wednesday edition to show solidarity with the Central New Mexico Community College’s newspaper The Chronicle, which CNM administrators shut down on Tuesday. The Chronicle was reinstated on Wednesday. See the story on Page 1 for details.
Editor,
I have been an avid reader of the Daily Lobo since I came to campus last January. I have enjoyed the paper’s diversity of perspectives and freedom to pursue countless stories independently. In an era of “Newstainment” from the likes of Fox and CNN, it is refreshing to read an independent newspaper. Also, as an academic, I appreciate your stance with your colleagues at the CNM Chronicle. I myself have been criticized by administration for maintaining my beliefs and values and upholding academic freedom and academic integrity. I stand with the Daily Lobo and the CNM Chronicle in their quest for freedom of speech and freedom from administrative bullying. This includes on any issue, but particularly sex education on a college campus. I am a nurse and a professor and I believe open discussion and information is the right of every student in a civil society.
Veritas vos liberabit.
Richard Kimball
UNM professor
